Education for Thinking

Informationen zum Autor Deanna Kuhn is Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College! Columbia University. Klappentext Bringing insights from research in developmental psychology to pedagogy! Kuhn argues that inquiry and argument should be at the center of a "thinking curriculum"--a curriculum that makes sense to students as well as to teachers and develops the skills and values needed for lifelong learning. Zusammenfassung Bringing insights from research in developmental psychology to pedagogy, Kuhn argues that inquiry and argument should be at the center of a “thinking curriculum”—a curriculum that makes sense to students as well as to teachers and develops the skills and values needed for lifelong learning. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Introduction 1. Why Go to School? 2. What Are We Doing Here? II. Inquiry 3. Learning to Learn 4. The Skills of Inquiry 5. Developing Inquiry Skills III. Argument 6. Why Argue? 7. The Skills of Argument 8. Developing Argument Skills IV. Conclusions 9. Becoming Educated References Index

Product details

• Authors: Deanna Kuhn, Kuhn Deanna
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2008
• EAN: 9780674027459
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02745-9
• No. of pages: 218
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Education, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General, EDUCATION / Curricula, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational systems and structures